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l Lette-rs .Pute-nt 68,877, datediS'cptember 1T, 1867.

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Bo it known that I, '.l. G. Hren, of the city and county ef- Saint Louis, iutho Stuff?? 0f Missouri, have. invented a new and.useful improved Vegetable- Slicer and Graterpofwhich the followmg is a full, Clema md exact descr'iption, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making a part of this specification, in which-f' Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my invention with a portion ofthe outer cylinder` removed, showing the knives.. i

Figure 2 represents a front view of the inner cylinder, showing the arrangement of the knives.

Figure 3 represents a side view of my gratcr removed from the machine.

Similar letters indicate like parts.

The object of my invention is to produce a combined vegetable-Slicer and grater, with the knives 0f the former adjustable, so simple and cheap in construction, and easily operated, as to be suitedfor domestic purposes as well as' for usc on a large scalo. u 'l vlt-'e'ensists of a conical case, A, iig. 1, supported at its vertex by the standard B, and at its` base-by two braces, one of which is shown at c, the plane of its base forming an angle of about forty-five degrees with the standard Ti#- ll, iig; 1, is a. hopper opening into the casing. .Inside of this easing is a conical cylinder, E,iigs. 1 and 2, having nt its apex a shaft, asshown at j', iig. 1, which, passing through the vertex of the casing, has

its bearing in the brace g. "The'base of the eone,by means of a-pivot, L, iig. 2, has its bearingiu a yOke, '6a' iig.- 1, passing across the base of the easing' The shaft f has upon it a movable gear, m, which making a bevelled gear with n., the whole is set in motion by the crank o, the shaftjt being at right angles to the standard 4 B and the brace g, in which it has its bearings. Around the cone E are arranged longitudinally-four or more knives, Vp y', iig; l, and p' p" 21"', iig. 2, extending from base to vertex, and graduated in width to correspond to theshape'of the cone. -Around the base of the cono Eis placed a movable rim, R, fig. 2, having four or more eccentric slots, s s s" 8"', iig. 2, and the same number of regular slots t t' Yt" "V', iig. 2, t' and being made to receive projections of the cone, and t and t" receiving the screws which keep the rim imposition, while eccentric slots s s',s" 8"' receive projections from the knives. By loosening the screws at t t", and turning the rim, the knives may be adjusted as desired, the extent of the same being limitedby `the angle of the eccentric slots and guided by the regular slots vt' and 15"', and when adjusted the screws will be tightened. By means of a viso, V, iig. 1, the machine may be attached to a table if desired. The vegetables being placed inthe hopper l), and the knives set in motion, the slices, as they 'are eut from the' vegetables, will fall out of the inner cone in'the direction indicated by the arrow, into the vessel placed to receive them. If it be desired to mash the vegetables, the conc E, by removing the nut W, iig. 1, and the yoke K, may be taken from the casing, and the i conical cylinder L, iig. 3, which is so perforated as to present a rough grating surface throughout, may be sub` stituted, it being kept i-n position in the same manner as was the cone E. By the action of this upon the vegetables, placed-as before in therhopper, they'will be ground as fine as desired.

The advantages of my invention consist in having the knives adjustable seas to regulate the thickness of the slices; in having a conical form, which causes the vegetables to be well mixed when diiiercnt kinds are sliced at once, since falling from the knife they do not at once drop into the receiving vessel, but will make one or more revolutionsbeforc falling from the knife-cylinder. Another advantage is the ease with which the same machine is'turned into a grater by substituting the one cylinder for the other. This grater may be used as well with nutmegs,lemons, cocoa-nuts, and the like. as with vegetables merely. Its being easily attached to a table and 'as easily removed, is another of its points of superiority.

I der not claim to be the'rst inventor.. of the method of slicing vegetables by means of knives made to revolve upon aeylinder, or of the device of attaching such a machine to a table by means of a vise, nor o f grating vegetables by a revolving grater but what I. do claim as my invention, and desire to secnre by Letters Iateut, isl The outside conical cylinder A,tl1e revolving conical, cylinder E, the adjustable knives 2J p p"p"'the movable rim R, with its eccentric and regular slots, the grating-cone L and the vise V, all in combination when constructed and arranged suhstantially'asshown and described.

' T. G. HFER.. 

